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Maximus the Greek

1475 - 1556

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Maximus the Greek, also known as Maximos the Greek or Maksim Grek (Greek: Μάξιμος ὁ Γραικός; Russian: Максим Грек; c. 1475 – c. 1556), was a Greek monk, publicist, writer, scholar, and translator active in Russia. He is also called Maximos the Hagiorite (Μάξιμος ὁ Ἁγιορίτης), as well as Maximus the Philosopher. His signature was Maximus Grecus Lakedaimon (lit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maximus the Greek has received more than 90,189 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Maximus the Greek is the 1,582nd most popular writer (up from 2,187th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from North Macedonia (up from 423rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Macedonian Writer.

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  • 90k

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  • 57.07

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Maximus the Greek ranks 1,582 out of 5,755Before him are Remy de Gourmont, Else Lasker-Schüler, Ono no Komachi, Marianne Weber, Clodia Pulchra, and Jean-François Marmontel. After him are Jacopo Sannazaro, Xu Shen, Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Mateo Alemán, and Pacuvius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1475, Maximus the Greek ranks 13Before him are Beatrice d'Este, Sebastiano Serlio, Bernardino Luini, Afonso, Prince of Portugal, Luis Ramírez de Lucena, and Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick. After him are Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Marcantonio Trivisan, Pierre Gringore, Jan Mostaert, and Anne of York. Among people deceased in 1556, Maximus the Greek ranks 9Before him are Pietro Aretino, Humayun, Lorenzo Lotto, Thomas Cranmer, Frederick II, Elector Palatine, and Martin Agricola. After him are Saitō Dōsan, Francesco Venier, Richard Chancellor, Hemu, Giovanni della Casa, and Luigi Alamanni.

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In North Macedonia

Among people born in North Macedonia, Maximus the Greek ranks 16 out of 136Before him are Lazar Koliševski (1914), Stevo Pendarovski (1963), Dragoslav Šekularac (1937), Konstantin Tih (1240), Stobaeus (401), and Gjorge Ivanov (1960). After him are Fethi Okyar (1880), Presian (997), Miljan Miljanić (1930), Boris Trajkovski (1956), Lazar Mojsov (1920), and Manuel Erotikos Komnenos (901).

Among WRITERS In North Macedonia

Among writers born in North Macedonia, Maximus the Greek ranks 2Before him are Stobaeus (401). After him are Grigor Parlichev (1830), Georgi Pulevski (1817), Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (1884), Kočo Racin (1908), Gjorgji Abadžiev (1910), and Lidija Dimkovska (1971).